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Southern California Kindergarten Conference March 2013 1 TK Collaboration Is Key SCKC March 2013 Judy Crenshaw judycrenshaw@roadrunner.com retired from Pleasant Valley School District in Ventura County Ada Hand adajhand@gmail.com

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Southern California Kindergarten Conference March 2013

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TK – Collaboration Is Key

SCKC – March 2013

Judy Crenshaw judycrenshaw@roadrunner.com retired from Pleasant Valley School District in Ventura County

Ada Hand adajhand@gmail.com retired from CA Department of Education & former K teacher in Sonoma County

Debra Weller dwteller@cox.net TK teacher from Capistrano USD

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Kindergarten Readiness Act

Overview

Law was passed in 2010 with two years to get ready.

  • Nov 1 of 2012‐13 school year
  • Oct 1 of 2013‐14 school year
  • Sep 1 of 2014‐15 school year and each year thereafter
  • If a district elects to enroll children prior to their

eligibility, they may not claim ADA until the child turns 5. These children must have a Continuation Form on file.

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Overview, con’t

In 2012‐13, districts are required to offer TKP for age‐ eligible children, being reimbursed by ADA.

The program must be age & developmentally appropriate.

Parents are not required to enroll their age‐eligible children in TKP, but these children will not be age‐eligible for K until the following school year.

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Overview, con’t

Implementation varies with some districts offering:

  • PreK‐TK combo classes
  • TK‐K combo
  • Separate TK – may have children from one school or

several

  • Varied class size & with early/late bird schedules
  • No TK at all –

districts claim parents haven’t wanted it

  • Doing all at once – Sep‐Oct‐Nov birthdates in 2012‐13

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Transitional Kindergarten Curriculum

San Juan Capistrano School District Debra Weller

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Bathgate Elementary, Mission Viejo, CA

I have 34 children, no aides, an early bird/late owl

  • schedule. There are 3 TK teachers in our district.

We are using Dr. Debbi Keeler’s curriculum found at www.californiakindergartenassociation.org

We meet on the first Tues. of each month to plan for the next month.

We share our ideas through Edmodo, Transitional Kindergarten CUSD

The curriculum evolves every day. We use Math Their Way, Weekly Reader and MESS for science.

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Daily Schedule

The Early Birds arrive at 8:15 and dismiss at 12:08

The Late Owls arrive at 9:45 and dismiss at 1:38

The overlap time, when all 34 are in the room at the same time, is 103 minutes total.

The children have a 30 minute recess at 10:20 and this is my duty free time.

On Wed. all children come from 8:15‐12:08. It is a staff development or grade level meeting day.

We go to the school library on Wed. for a half hour.

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Classroom Environment

Calendar Literacy Center

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Classroom Environment

Color Coded Cubbies Teacher Work Supplies

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Classroom Environment

Playhouse Puppet Theater

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Classroom Environment

Writing and Listening Center Library and Writing Center

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Classroom Environment

Easel and Art Area Math Bins

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Tools for Organization

Snack Baskets

Water and Sanitizer Station

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Tools for Organization

Photo Name Cards Choosing Sticks

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Transitional Kindergarten Curriculum

Pleasant Valley School District

Created by: Judy Crenshaw and Sharon Harada August 2012

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Curriculum Guidelines

Has to be in the head and the heart before it can be in the brain

Active learning (kids are involved through singing and movement)

Learning has to be meaningful (has to make sense to them)

Curriculum should be thematic (kids mush it all together)

Environment supportive of talking (broad rich vocabulary makes strong readers)

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Preschool Foundations and Common Core State Standards

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Backwards Mapping

Preschool Learning Foundations are the BRIDGE to Kindergarten

  • Around 48 months of age (end of first year of preschool)
  • Around 60 months of age (end of second year of preschool)

Describes learning situations and development and skill learning with appropriate support

Common Core State Standards

  • Kindergarten

Describes educational goals for children to become constructive classroom citizens

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Designing Curriculum

Began with themes that coordinated with district‐ adopted Language Arts Curriculum monthly 3‐4 week cycle

Allowed TK teachers to be able to plan with Kindergarten team at schools

Attention given to Williams Act – guarantees each student have access to adopted curriculum

Designed units of study with active involvement, movement, and relationships at the core

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Assessment Tools

ESGI – Also used in Kindergarten

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Report Card

Using Kindergarten Standards‐Based Report Card

  • Transitional Kindergarten is the first of a two year

kindergarten program. The marks below are ratings to describe how well the student is making progress towards meeting the end of kindergarten standards.

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Strong progress toward meeting kindergarten proficiency ^ On Target: Developing skills toward meeting kindergarten proficiency ‐

Weakness:

Little development towards meeting kindergarten proficiency x Not addressed this reporting period

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September Themes‐ Understanding of Self, The Five Senses, body parts, emotions, using tools in the classroom, making new friends and rules. Using and sharing math bins Free Choice

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September

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Journal Writing

Mondays we meet in a circle to pass the Story Stick. Only the child holding the stick gets to speak & all

  • thers are respectful listeners. This is

a good way to practice oral language. The children talk about their weekend activities. I model writing & sounding out

  • words. I play classical music to

remind children not to talk. They write in their journals and draw a picture to match the words. Journals go home once a month with a writing rubric to help parents understand progress and goals.

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October Themes‐ My family and Pets, Five Senses, Sorting by shape and color

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Classroom Changes

The first six week = boot camp. No parents were allowed into the room. Good‐byes were said at the door. Children were taught to be autonomous. A monthly Home Activity Folder was explained at Back to School Night. Parent Volunteers help at small group centers, overlap time and library. 14 parents signed up. Room Parents were selected and a class directory was made. We met with our 5th grade buddies for the first time. I started assessments. The TK team had a release day to develop a TK report card.

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Science Theme

Sensory Station Sense of Touch

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Centers are on Tuesday and Thursday‐ I teach reading and phoneme awareness. The parents teach science, social studies, math and art centers.

Math Sorting by color Literacy Center

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Family Theme

Our Families Family Picture Sort

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October Art

Painting Pumpkins Pumpkin Patch Mural

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Project Learning

Family Project Wall

Sorting Salty and Sweet food

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Encouraging Literacy

Babies Book Loving Library Books

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Science Theme‐ Bones

Thinking Map on Bones Dog Bone Printing

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November

We had parent conferences. It was nice to be able to encourage parents to help their children at home. I showed them interactive learning games to play. The Themes for November were: My Home‐ We studied about types of homes, what objects are in a home and patterns. We learned about having compassion for our friends.

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Science Theme

We learned about leaves changing colors Tissue Collage

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Social Studies

Pilgrim Children 34 birthdays in November!

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Native Americans

Drawing what we know Weaving

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Seasonal Art Work

Every month we make a hand print memory book page

Turkey hats

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Studying Nature

Studying leaves Tracing and drawing leaves

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Math

Making and copying patterns Leaf Patterns

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Learning about Seasons

Season Picture Sort Drawing about Seasons

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December

The theme for December was Family Celebrations. We also studied about different kinds of trees and how animals prepare for winter. We practiced counting and writing numbers to 10. The alphabet and phonemic awareness is ongoing. The families were invited to share holiday traditions. We had a parent/child reading morning and the children sang some holiday songs.

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Science

Structure of trees Nocturnal Animals

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Holiday Projects

Easel Painting Designing Thank you notes

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Class Activities

Becoming number experts Balancing like a squirrel

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How do animals prepare for winter?

Watercolor resist squirrels Squirrel Mural

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Class Activities

Reindeer hats Elf hats

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Assessments and Report Cards‐ We had a release day to develop the report card. We have developed grade level assessments.

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL

1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester Displays impulse control and self‐regulation Expresses emotions in an appropriate way Cooperates and shares with others Participates positively in group settings Engages in meaningful relationships with adults

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester Responds to one and two step oral commands Speaks clearly to be understood by others Uses descriptive language and vocabulary Alphabet knowledge: upper case recognition Alphabet knowledge: lower case recognition Alphabet knowledge: letter sounds Writes letters and draws pictures to communicate concepts Writes own name legibly Displays comprehension regarding key components of text

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Projects

Making a shopping list

Poinsettias from diamond sponges

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Coming attractions:

February Themes‐ Friendship, kindness, manners, sorting words by initial consonant sounds, introduction to high frequency words, healthy hearts and dental care.

March Themes‐My community, story sequences, study of teen numbers, changes to plants and animals in the spring season, changes in daylight and night time.

April Themes‐My Land, taking care of the environment, animals of land, air, and sea, introduce story problems for simple addition and subtraction.

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Coming Attractions:

May Themes‐ My world, making connections with diverse cultures, traditions, housing, types of ethnic food, high frequency word play, measurement

June Themes‐ Traveling in my world, study of transportation, how wheels work, use of maps

We are constantly looking at the curriculum and evaluating how the children are responding and letting the children guide us to determine what is working for their needs.

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The Most Important Components

We are striving to make this child centered and developmentally appropriate.

We do not have a lot of required constraints.

Music and Art are valued as critical to development.

Science and Math are doorways to critical thinking.

Opportunities for oral language are given freely and planned.

Choice and free play are encouraged.

Fine and Gross motor activities are critical.

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2013‐2014 School Year

We will add 3 new classrooms. Parent information nights and registration began in Feb.

The 3 teachers will be training the new TK teachers.

Now we have a road map!!

The District will need to comply with the Williams Act in providing materials for the students and

  • utfitting the classrooms.

The sharing of resources through CKA and www.tkcalifornia.org has been so helpful.

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What Have I Learned?

Be joyful!!

The whole class of 4 years olds is not a challenge if you spend the first 6 weeks in boot camp!

Parents are essential to a success equation.

Be brave to change a lesson in the midst.

It is OK to slow down and not feel like you have a deadline to cram information into the children.

When in doubt… say the magic words:

“Choice Time!!!”

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